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April 21 – Businessman Horacio Cartes wins the 2013 Paraguayan general election against Efraín Alegre. April 24 – The 2013 Savar building collapse, one of the worst industrial disasters in the world, kills 1,134 people in Bangladesh. [33] [34] April 30 – Willem-Alexander is inaugurated as King of the Netherlands following the abdication ...
Business and economy Barclays plc chief executive Antony Jenkins says he will waive his bonus for 2012. (BBC) The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 14,000 points for the first time since 2007 as investors welcomed strong economic data from the United States. (CNN) Disasters and accidents At least 26 people are killed on the G30 Expressway in Henan province, China, after a truck ...
Disasters and accidents 2013 Houphouët-Boigny stampede: At least 60 people are killed and more than 200 injured in a stampede during a New Year's fireworks celebration near the Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. (BBC) (CNN) (Reuters) Royal Dutch Shell's drilling rig Kulluk drifts aground near Sitkalidak Island, Alaska, after breaking loose from the anchor handling tug ...
November 1 – 2013 Thai protests began. November 11 – The 19th yearly session of the United Nations Climate Change Conference began in Warsaw , Poland , lasting until 22 November 2013. [ 4 ]
Disasters and accidents Flash floods and heavy rains sweep across central Texas, United States, killing 2 people. (AP via Fox News) Law and crime 2013 Los Angeles International Airport shooting: A gunman opens fire at Los Angeles International Airport, killing a US Transportation Security Administration employee, and wounding several other people. It prompts a terminal evacuation. (NBC Los ...
The death toll in Iraq this year ranges from some 7,900 to 8,700 people so far, making 2013 the most deadly year for the country since 2008, according to IraqBodyCount.org, a U.K.-based website founded in 2003 and run by volunteers to record civilian deaths.
2013 Luxor hot air balloon crash: A hot air balloon crashes near the Egyptian town of Luxor killing 19 Asian and European tourists. (BBC) (Reuters) (CNN) ( USA Today ) February 2013 Great Plains blizzard : A 71-year-old man is killed in Woodward , Oklahoma , United States , when his roof collapses after a powerful winter storm affecting much of ...
5 Trends Transforming Corporate Events in 2013 ACTIVE Network Business Solutions Group Predicts Technology Will Help Make Corporate Events More Efficient, Engaging and Profitable in the Coming ...